Kelin: the cessation of strife in Shirokino interferes with the activity of the volunteer battalions
The conclusion of the agreement on a local ceasefire in the area of residential settlements Shirokino in Donbass inhibits the activity of the volunteer battalions, said permanent Commissioner of Russia to the OSCE Andrey Kelin.

The conclusion of the agreement on a local ceasefire in the area of residential settlements Shirokino in Donbass inhibits the activity of the volunteer battalions, said permanent Commissioner of Russia to the OSCE Andrey Kelin.
according to his statement, "it is doubtful" that at the next meeting of the subgroup on military issues of the Contact group will agree on an appropriate consensus.
"All of this until not very realistic, as Ukrainian forces, the battalions of volunteers, prevented, and observers of the OSCE," he said. According to his statement, "already two weeks one of the permanent observation posts OSCE under Shirokino occupied by the soldiers of the battalion" Azov ", and until now they haven't released, " reports the news Agency. The Russian diplomat has noticed that participants of the Contact group " included All the efforts to reach agreements to stop the mutual attacks and breeding of troops under Shirokino. Before the last working day of the week the self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko said that the Ukrainian Military for the last day made several attacks on the village of Shirokino and the Donetsk airport. As long as in the Donbass, the main hot spot remains the settlement of Shirokino near Mariupol. It was there that the observers Special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine recorded the most intensive battles. On Wednesday the Deputy head of the Special monitoring mission Alexander hug said that the militias and armed forces of Ukraine (APU) have not completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons in the Donbass. On the first day of the week Deputy commander of the corps of the Ministry of defense of the Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin stated that controlled by the Kyiv security forces still pull heavy weapons to the frontline. Remember, the opposing parties in the Donbass in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) Sunday, fifteen February, declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations.